Chapter 4 Using Your Motion Tablet PC

3.When the Turn Off Computer window appears, press the Shift key on your external keyboard or tap Shift on the Tablet PC Input Panel key- board to change the option from Stand by to Hibernate.

IMPORTANT: You can put the Tablet PC in either Stand by or Hibernate mode to swap the battery:

If you choose Stand by, the unit is designed to maintain your system for up to 30 sec- onds while you swap the battery. However, you may have less than 30 seconds to swap the battery because the settings and programs you have running drain power quicker than this. You should save any data before putting the unit in Stand by to swap the bat- tery.

If you choose Hibernate, you have unlimited time to swap the battery. Hibernate saves the status of the Tablet PC to your Hard Disk Drive so you can resume operations later.

4.Tap Hibernate or Stand by. The Tablet PC displays that it is “prepar- ing to standby or hibernate.”

5.Wait until the system shuts down. In Hibernate, all LEDs are off; in Stand by, the Power LED flashes.

6.Push the battery release latch on the bottom of the Tablet PC to eject the internal battery.

7.Insert the new battery until you hear the latch click, which ensures the new battery is correctly seated.

 

CAUTION: To avoid damage to the Tablet PC, install only Motion

 

Computing batteries, which are specially designed for the Tablet PC.

DISPOSING OF

The Tablet PC contains a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery that should be disposed

USED

of at a hazardous materials recycling center when it is no longer serviceable.

BATTERIES

Do not throw it in a waste receptacle where it will be sent to a landfill.

BATTERY AND

• Use AC power whenever available to lengthen the battery’s usable life.

POWER

The battery will charge automatically as you run on AC power, so leave

MANAGEMENT

the battery in the Tablet PC while you are working.

HINTS

• Use AC power when installing software or writing to a CD and, for best

 

performance, when using a DVD player.

 

• When using battery power, if you leave the Tablet PC unattended, place

 

the system in Stand by or Hibernate.

 

• Keep in mind that the display, processor, PC Cards, wireless cards, and

 

accessory drives all draw on the battery, so adjust properties and disable

 

unused accessories and PC Cards when operating on battery power.

 

• When running on battery, adjust the power mode and display brightness

 

to lower settings to prolong the battery life.

 

• Enable the Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) on the Motion Dashboard. See

 

the section “Saving Battery Power with the Ambient Light Sensor.”

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